HowTo: Update values in the docker image

[emeins]

Maybe it is worth to update the documentation how to put values from outside into the docker container: "http://:/data/$UUID.json?operation=add&ts=&value="

It is only a documentation issue, but it costs me some hours. The container itself runs very well.

[artcrime]

it took me some hours too! Here is an example for my meter (I use a different port for the image)

{
"uuid": "7a7b9980-49c8-11e6-a31d-8b29f99xzzy",
"identifier": "1-0:16.7.0",
"api": "volkszaehler",
"middleware": "http://192.168.100.200:8090/",
"type": "device",
"scaler": 1,
"aggmode": "max",
"duplicates": 0
},

[andig]

I don‘t understand the problem. The VZ api is documented. What particularly needs additional docs? And what has vzlogger configuration to do with it? Viele Grüße, Andreas

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Am 13.05.2018 um 13:07 schrieb artcrime ***@***.***>: it took me some hours too! Here is an example for my meter (I use a different port for the image) { "uuid": "7a7b9980-49c8-11e6-a31d-8b29f99xzzy", "identifier": "1-0:16.7.0", "api": "volkszaehler", "middleware": "http://192.168.100.200:8090/", "type": "device", "scaler": 1, "aggmode": "max", "duplicates": 0 }, — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[artcrime]

normaly you configure your vzlogger.conf like that

{
"uuid": "7a7b9980-49c8-11e6-a31d-8b29f99xzzy",
"identifier": "1-0:16.7.0",
"api": "volkszaehler",
"middleware": "http://192.168.100.200:8090/middleware.php",
"type": "device",
"scaler": 1,
"aggmode": "max",
"duplicates": 0
},

for the docker container you have to leave out "middleware.php" or you'll get an exeption error. I moved my configuration from an existing installation and didnt understand why I got no data until I found the comment from emeins.

Gruß Sascha

[andig]

Thanks for raising this topic.

For performance reasons the docker image uses ppm instead of Apache or Nginx to provide the middleware (and static httpd file service): https://github.com/volkszaehler/docker/blob/master/src/bootstrap.sh#L18

That means that according to https://github.com/volkszaehler/docker/blob/master/README.md (and https://github.com/volkszaehler/volkszaehler.org/blob/master/etc/middleware.json#L3) both frontend end middleware will be provided on port 8080 of the docker container. middleware.php is no longer invoked and instead the middleware directly run on that port.